Shauna Jarrett, Yvonne Weldon and Sylvie Ellsmore have big plans on transparency, Indigenous issues and affordable housing
Guardian Australia spoke to three of the new voices on the council – Ellsmore, Jarrett and Weldon – to understand how they plan to change Sydney in the coming two and a half years.Weldon was the first Indigenous lord mayoral candidate in Sydney or, she believes, any Australian capital city.
Weldon labelled as “elitist” Moore’s plans for “giant concrete pools in the middle of the harbour”, pushing instead for urban billabongs: shallow lagoons that trace old waterways, to form a modern “Songline” through the city.Mayor of Sydney city council Clover Moore at her Redfern home.“It’s native knowledge. Aboriginal knowledge holders need to be incorporated more with decisions such as plantingShe intends to question the city’s 25 publicly owned statues – mainly early colonial leaders.
“Protecting and growing affordable housing will now be discussed monthly by all councillors.” That’s key because, she says, the council is currently not on track to meet its own targets.
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